Buffalo Bills quarterback EJ Manuel (3) looks to throw the ball as right tackle Erik Pears (79) blocks during the first half of Sunday's game against the Jacksonville Jaguars at EverBank Field.

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Above the din of snowblowers, surely the sound of exasperation was audible throughout western New York Sunday afternoon.

During the first quarter at half-empty EverBank Field, Bills quarterback EJ Manuel looked as if he'd never played a down of football higher than Pop Warner.

His first pass was incomplete; his second was thrown into the ground in front of T.J. Graham; his third was ruled a fumbled lateral because the ball was thrown behind the line and sailed straight out of bounds; his fourth was incomplete, though it didn't matter because the Bills were called for holding; his fifth ...